How To Install strongswan-ikev1 on Debian 9
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install strongswan-ikev1 on Debian 9.
What is strongswan-ikev1
strongswan-ikev1 is:
The strongSwan VPN suite uses the native IPsec stack in the standard Linux kernel. It supports both the IKEv1 and IKEv2 protocols.
This package used to install the pluto daemon, implementing the IKEv1 protocol. It has been replaced by charon in the strongswan-ike package, so this package can be safely removed once it’s installed.
There are three methods to install strongswan-ikev1 on Debian 9. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install strongswan-ikev1 Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install strongswan-ikev1 using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install strongswan-ikev1
Install strongswan-ikev1 Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install strongswan-ikev1 using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install strongswan-ikev1
Install strongswan-ikev1 Using aptitude
If you want to follow this method, you might need to install aptitude first since aptitude is usually not installed by default on Debian. Update apt database with aptitude using the following command.
sudo aptitude update
After updating apt database, We can install strongswan-ikev1 using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install strongswan-ikev1
How To Uninstall strongswan-ikev1 on Debian 9
To uninstall only the strongswan-ikev1 package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove strongswan-ikev1
Uninstall strongswan-ikev1 And Its Dependencies
To uninstall strongswan-ikev1 and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 9, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove strongswan-ikev1
Remove strongswan-ikev1 Configurations and Data
To remove strongswan-ikev1 configuration and data from Debian 9 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge strongswan-ikev1
Remove strongswan-ikev1 configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove strongswan-ikev1 configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge strongswan-ikev1
Dependencies
strongswan-ikev1 have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install strongswan-ikev1 package on Debian 9 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
